9. 3D Rage Pro series
September 18, 1996。ATI Technologies Inc., announced the 3D PRO, the newest member of its high-performance 3D, 2D and video accelerator family.
The 3D Rage Pro chip has a new triangle setting engine, and the perspective correction algorithm has also been improved. At the same time, distance blur and transparency effects have been enhanced; reflective highlight effects and enhanced video playback functions have also been added, especially DVD playback. The 3D Rage Pro chip supports AGP 2X, making MPEG-2 acceleration performance even further. 3D Rage Pro supports up to 8MB SGRAM or 16MB WRAM.
9.1 Xpert@ Play
May 19, 1997 ATI Technologies Inc announced the Xpert@Play , the graphics accelerator add-in board that will set new standards for gaming, multimedia and mainstream graphics acceleration applications. Xpert@Play provides 3D, 2D and DVD video acceleration and connects to a large screen TV, monitor or VCR.
Xpert@ Play that cancels the video output of ImpacTV2 is Xpert@ Work.
The following takes the PCI interface as an example to introduce Xpert@Play graphics card.
9.1.1 Engineering Sample?
PN 109-41900-00A
The PN 109-41900-00A of this card, 00A of which looks like an engineering sample, is actually an early product, which is an error in the production process.
